Senior Staff/Principal Hardware Engineer

About the Company:

World is a network of real humans, built on privacy-preserving proof-of-human technology, and powered by a globally inclusive financial network that enables the free flow of digital assets for all. It is built to connect, empower, and be owned by everyone.

This opportunity would be with Tools for Humanity.

About the Opportunity:

In this role you will be responsible for leading the solutions to the most challenging mechanical, electrical, and optical hardware problems of the Orb and other devices in their entirety.  You will have the opportunity to lead diverse work streams and collaborate with Product Design, Industrial design and Product teams as well as Manufacturing and Operations.  You will be the go-to expert to lead the charge architecting our next generation of verification devices.  

In this role you will: 

• Lead the exploration of novel electro-mechanical components and systems to enable new forms of biometric verification

• Support the workstreams across Electrical Design, Mechanical Design, Industrial Design, Product, Device Software and Industrialization

• Influence the Mechanical design including device enclosure comprised of highly cosmetic and dimensionally accurate glass, metal and plastic parts.

• Influence the optical design and integration of complex optical components including a custom liquid lens, RGB/IR camera lenses, autofocus and optical filter elements

• Evaluate sensors and RGB/IR cameras that meet the security and performance requirements

• Manage cross functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly

• Monitor program status and rapidly identify issues / risks. Succinctly communicate issues to relevant stakeholders and proactively collaborate to ensure timely resolution

About You: 

• 10+ years experience in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, embedded systems, IoT devices, or related fields.

• Exceptional hardware design (mechanical and electrical) architecture and detailed design experience with high volume production devices

• Attention to detail

• You care a great deal about good design

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or design related discipline

• Enjoy a fast-paced environment

• Enjoy solving hard problems and can turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into action plans

• You are able to handle projects from kick-off to production, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership.

• You look around the corners to anticipate potential blockers and navigate effectively

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, build strong relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders and teams around the organization in order to drive alignment within the organization

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Pay transparency statement (for CA and NY based roles): 

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at TFH ranges from $250,000 - $300,000, plus a competitive long term incentive package. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition,  TFH offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, vision, 401(k) plan and match, life insurance, flexible time off, commuter benefits, professional development stipend and much more!

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